David R. StroupJul 6, 20154 min read"We all have one home, and its name is China!": Representing Minorities in Multicultural CToday I'd like to dive in a little to the kinds of issues that I'm hoping to get at while I'm out doing fieldwork. As such, I'll be...
David R. StroupJul 1, 20156 min read"The sky is boundless and blue; The wilderness is vast and endless": Romanticizing China&#《敕勒歌》北朝民歌 "A Song of Chi Le" - Anonymous (Northern Dynasty Folk Song) 敕勒川,陰山下, The Chi Le plains flow beneath the Yin Shan Mountains,...
David R. StroupJun 29, 20153 min readOn Chinese, Hanyu, and FangYan: Let's Talk Language.That China is massive is self-evident. The territory that China spans is roughly comparable to the European continent. Over such a vast...